Mitral valve rotator assembly

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1995-01-23

1998-02-10

Willse, David H.

Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai

Heart valve

Having rigid or semirigid pivoting occluder

81436, A61F 224

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057163987

ABSTRACT:
A valve rotator comprising a body having a generally annular peripheral surface at one end of the body and a central cavity opening at such end. The annular peripheral surface substantially surrounds the central cavity and has an interlocking surface region configured to interlock with a rotor of a rotatable valve. The body had a generally annular shoulder adjacent such one end which generally faces such end of the body. The annular peripheral surface extends toward that end of the body from the annular shoulder.

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Medtronic Hall "Prosthetic Heart Valve", printed Apr. 1987.

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